Introduction
Neural development is a complex and ongoing process that commences in week 3 and continues through into the postnatal period. This lecture will introduce concepts about the timing, origin and abnormalities of the nervous system. Lecture content will be added to this current page, the linked online textbook chapters are available as pre-reading for this lecture.
The human MRI movie below (head, sagittal plane, left to right) shows the central nervous system (CNS) development at the end of the embryonic period (week 8; GA week 10).
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Aim
To develop an understanding of the development of the nervous system and the consequences of abnormal development.
Draft Lecture Timetable - Monday 29 May 2017 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Development of the nervous system Kensington - Rex Vowels Theatre
Textbooks
UNSW Embryology
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology
Moore, K.L., Persaud, T.V.N. & Torchia, M.G. (2015). The developing human: clinically oriented embryology (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. (links only function with UNSW connection)
Larsen's Human Embryology
Schoenwolf, G.C., Bleyl, S.B., Brauer, P.R., Francis-West, P.H. & Philippa H. (2015). Larsen's human embryology (5th ed.). New York; Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.(links only function with UNSW connection)
More Textbooks?
Week 4 Neuralation
neural tube and neural crest
Ectoderm - 2 parts
- midline neural plate (columnar cells)
- lateral surface ectoderm (cuboidal cells)
- sensory placodes
- epidermis of skin, hair, glands, anterior pituitary, teeth enamel
Neural Plate
- Links: Neural System - Abnormalities | Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects
BGDA: Lecture 1 | Lecture 2 | Practical 3 | Practical 6 | Practical 12 | Lecture Neural | Practical 14 | Histology Support - Female | Male | Tutorial
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 25) Embryology BGDA Lecture - Development of the Nervous System. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/BGDA_Lecture_-_Development_of_the_Nervous_System
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